Michael Cash wrote:
> (sum1) inscribed:
> >Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote
> >> (sum1)inscribed:
> >> >Rodney Webster wrote 

> >> >> I recently discovered that someone had stolen an image off my site and 
> >> >> was using it as the background for theirs - I say "stolen", but they 
> >> >> were actually silly enough to link to the image on my server.
> >> >> 
> >> >> I have left the image there to show my charity, but with a slight 
> >> >> modification.  You can see the culprit's page here:
> >> >> http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=sIlLy_SaUsEgE
> >> >> 
> >> >> The original image is on this page here: 
> >> >> http://knot.mine.nu/japan/j-graffiti/index.html
> >> >> See if you can spot the modification I made to the image.
> >> >
> >> >Are you the grafitti artist?  If not, I don't see that you've got much
> >> >to whine about.
> >> 
> >> Other than the fact that he provides the image, the server, the
> >> bandwidth, the electricity, and anything else associated with anyone
> >> viewing that image on Gooberhead's blog....
> >> 
> >The grafitti "aritist" appropriated space on which to create his work.
> > The photographer appropriated the artist's image for his website. And
> >now another "artist" has appropriated the photograph for his own web
> >site.
> 
> You missed Rodney's point. If the guy had just taken the image and
> saved it onto the server space for his own blogsite, then the
> likelihood that Rodney would have ever even known about it would be
> approximately zero.
> 
> Rodney runs his site from an ancient computer in his home. That means
> all hits on all files on his server appear in his logs. I presume that
> while looking at them, he noticed a strange abundance of hits on that
> particular image and tracked down what was going on.
> 
> It isn't the "appropriating" of the photograph that Rodney found
> worthy of sharing with us. What was interesting enough to share with
> the class was how blogboy was dumb enough to open his site up to easy
> defacement by hotlinking (linking to a file on a server over which he
> has no control) the photograph directly from Rodney's home server.
> 
> So you're right about the "what goes around comes around", but it has
> gone a step farther than you seem to have noticed.
> 
> The graffiti guy appropriated space to deface, Rodney appropriated his
> "art" by photographing it. Blogboy appropriated the photo from Rodney.
> You have it right up to that point. Next step is....Rodney
> appropriates blogboy's page appearance because he still has control
> over the file itself, so long as it is hotlinked.

sup pepolz rodney was too subtle yo. Shoulda linked tubgirl.jpg 
nowhatimsayin o yeh.
jus note silly sausege is down with removin the link, (but not the 
gaddamn annoying music file), so its all good. props to my main man 
rodney for sharing hilarity. yah.